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Sideshow: Pharrell testifies at 'Blurred Lines' trial

This "Blurred Lines" trial is giving us an inside look at how songwriters write and record.

Pharrell: Steal? Me? No!

This "Blurred Lines" trial is giving us an inside look at how songwriters write and record. Pharrell Williams was in the hot seat Wednesday, telling the court that while he may have been "channeling . . . that late '70s feeling" when creating "Blurred Lines," he wasn't actually stealing from Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up." Gaye's children, Frankie and Nona, are suing for a cut of the huge haul for the 2013 hit. On Tuesday, we learned the recording made more than $16 million (wow), for Williams, singer Robin Thicke, and rapper T.I., all of whom deny they were stealing from Gaye.

"I respect his music beyond words," said Williams. Thicke, BTW, said in a pretrial deposition that he was "high on Vicodin and alcohol" at the recording. Like we couldn't tell.

DeVine is burgled

Thieves broke into the home of Adam DeVine (Workaholics, Modern Family) over the weekend. Stole his truck. Also gone: an antique pistol, a gift from DeVine's parents. DeVine tweeted how upset he was "that I work so hard to buy cool stuff and you [thieves] just steal it because you have no ambition and are too stupid to earn enough money to buy nice things."

Yay, 'Agent Carter'!

ABC has picked up Agent Carter, starring the wonderful Hayley Atwell, for next season. It ran as a too-short eight-episode howdy-do this year. It's set in the 1940s (very stylishly evoked), a year after Captain America: The First Avenger.

That's two ABC shows based on work by those ubiquitous masters of the cosmos, Marvel. ABC also has renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (also, yay!).

Chris Brown: Fecund

Busy Chris Brown is a dad. Ain't that nice? Turns out the rapper sired a daughter nine months ago with a model named Nia he's known a long time. Dating? Nah. On good terms? Sure.

Brown's been on-and-off with Karrueche Tran for, like, four years. TMZ says she was blindsided by the baby news.